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It will likely take Botswana 58 years to double its population from the current 2 346 179 estimated from the recently held census, Statistics Botswana says.



While Botswana has introduced judicial oversight after a new law was published earlier this year which allows warantless surveillance, there is still cause for concern, writes Jonathan Rozen.

With press freedom declining and more journalists beaten and killed, activists and local unions are fighting against impunity.

Luka Binniyat, whose reporting of massacres in Kaduna State provoked the ire of authorities, has been released on ...

As the world marks Human Rights Day on 10 December, Abubakar Malami claims the country has excelled in protecting journalists. Has it?

News, features and analyses on Press Freedom from IPS Inter Press Service - News and Views from the Global South

By Patrick Egwu This investigation is on the unresolved killing of three Nigerian journalists while on assignments between 2019-2020. For six months,

Pelumi Onifade, 20, a trainee journalist with Gboah TV, an online broadcast platform, had been covering the protests since it started...

Religious freedom advocates in Washington are protesting the jailing Nov. 4 of Epoch Times reporter Luka Binniyat, who has ...

In Burkina Faso, Spanish Journalist Killings Underscore Broader Dangers To The Press By Committee to Protect Journalists Listen to article The murder of Spanish reporters David Beriain and Roberto Fraile by unidentified attackers last week in eastern Burkina Faso was a tragic example of the dangerous working conditions for journalists in the country, where the government has struggled to contain a rise in militant activity in recent years. Beriain and Fraile were kidnapped along with Rory Yo...